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§ 3.2 REVIEW OF CONTRACT DOCUMENTS AND FIELD CONDITIONS BY CONTRACTOR § 3.2.1. Execution of the Contract by the Contractor is a representation that the Contractor has visited the site, become generally familiar with local conditions under which the Work is to be performed and correlated personal JI"observAtiOns with requirements of the Contract Documents. § 3.2.2 Because the Contract Documents are complementary, the Contractor shall, before starting each portion of the Work, '. carefully study and compare the various Contract Documents relative to that portion of the Work, as well as Ms the information furnished by the Owner pursuant to Section 2 .2. 3 , shall take field measurements of any existing conditions related to that portion of the Work, and shall observe any conditions at the site affecting it. These obligations are for the 1 3' purpose of facilitating coordination and construction by the Contractor and are not for the p1 F urpose of discovering errors, omissions, or inconsistencies in the Contract Documents; however, the Contractor shall promptly report to the Architect any errors, inconsistencies or omissions discovered by or made known to the Contractor as Ill r a request foriiinformation in such form as the Architect may require. It is recognized that the r ' III Contractor's review is made in the Contractor' s capacity as a contractor and not as a licensed design professional, unless otherwise specifically provided in the Contract Documents. § 3.2.3 ; The Contractor isnot required to ascertain that the Contract Documents are in accordance with applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, Fcod'es, rules and regulations, or lawful orders of public authorities, but the Contractor shall promptly report to the Architect any nonconformity discovered by or made known to the Contractor as a request,for information m such form as the Architect may require. § 3.2.4IIf the Contractor believes that additional cost or time is involved because of clarifications or instructions the Architect issues in response to the Contractor' s notices or requests for information pursuant to Sections 3 .2.2 or ' 13 .2:3 , the Contractor shall make' Claims as provided in Article 15 . If the Contractor fails to perform the obligations of Sections 3 .2.2 or 3 :2 . 3 , the Contractor shall pay such costs and damages to the Owner as would have been avoided if the Contractor had performed such obligations. If the Contractor performs those obligations, the e Contractor"'shall not bliable to the Owner or Architect for damages resulting from errors, inconsistencies or omissions in the Contract Documents, for differences between field measurements or conditions and the Contract Documents, or for nonconfihnities of the Contract Documents to applicable laws, statutes, ordinances, codes, rules IF , and regulations, and 1awful 'orders of public authorities. V, F § 3.3 SUPERVISION AND C: IVONSTRUCTION PROCEDURES § 3.3. 1 The Contractor shall supervise and direct the Work, using the Contractor' s best skill and attention. The ContracFV tor shall be solely responsible for and have control over, construction means, methods; techniques, sequences and procedures and for coordinating all portions of the Work under the Contract, unless the Contract FIFO,Documents give other specific instructions concerning these matters. If the Contract Documents give specific instructions concerning construction means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures, the Contractor shall LI rr evaluate the jobsite safety thereof and, except as stated below, shall be fully and solely responsible for the jobsite safety of such means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures. If the Contractor determines that such means, V VVVV methods, techniques, sequences or procedures may not be safe, the Contractor shall give timely written notice to the Owner and Architect and shall not proceed with that portion of the Work without further written instructions from the Architect. If the Contract1.or is then instructed to proceed with the required means, methods, techniques, sequences or procedures without acceptance of changes proposed by the Contractor, the Owner shall be solely responsible for any loss or damage arising solely from those Owner-required means, methods, techniques, sequences IF or procedures, ; § 3.3.2 The Contractor shall be responsible to the Owner for acts and omissions of the Contractor ' s employees, Subcontractors and their agents and employees, and other persons or entities performing portions of the Work for, or on behalf of, the Contractor or any of its Subcontractors. § 3.3.3 The Contractor shall be responsible for inspection of portions of Work already performed to determine that such portions 1 lie aproper condition to receive subsequent Work. § 3.4 LABOR AND MATERIALS § 3.4.1 Unless otherwise provided in the Contract Documents, the Contractor shall provide and pay for labor, materials, equipment, tools, construction equipment and machinery, water, heat, utilities, transportation, and other Init. 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